Just this week I've noticed about a 3x increase in number of herons, much more tree-perching, flying in pairs, and more frequent interactions at McIntosh Lake in Longmont There is a rookery at nearby Pella Crossing. Perhaps the herons are fledging?
David On Wednesday, June 5, 2019 at 11:04:35 AM UTC-6, Pieter Strauss wrote: > > [image: Herons_crv_lvl_shrp_crop 05 06 2019_DSC8232.jpg] > > (Thought I posted this request before, but can't find it.) > These birds look fairly heron-like, but coloring and grouping don't seem > to match. > On May 6th I saw a group of 6 of them flying west over Gross Reservoir at > 6:45 a.m. A neighbor said he had seen them earlier perched in the tops of > several trees, looking gawky and acting raucous. > We have double-crested Cormorants up here, but that's not what these are. > Any clues? > > Pieter > > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/e85b7e44-f334-42a2-a241-83cfee10087f%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
